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Protesters hold up lights on the street in front of the CDU party headquarters during a demonstration in Berlin, February 2, 2025
TENS of thousands took to the streets of Germany over the weekend to protest against the government’s proposed tough new immigration rules that received the backing of a far-right party.
Protesters showed their anger towards right-wing opposition leader and frontrunner in the February 25 election, Friedrich Merz, and his Christian Democrat Union (CDU) party, whose plans were rejected in the Bundestag on Friday.
There were huge protests in Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Leipzig accusing Mr Merz of breaking Germany’s unwritten post-Nazi promise by all democratic parties to never pass any rule or resolution in parliament with the support of far-right, nationalist parties such as the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
As extremist movements grow on the streets and at the ballot box, the emergence of the Together Alliance points to a vital strategy: unity across trade unions, campaigners and communities, says TONY CONWAY
NICK WRIGHT returns to Berlin and finds a city in darkness and political turmoil
From Reform UK to Trump, Orban and beyond, the far right is organised across borders and growing. Waiting for it to collapse is a fatal error – building an international, locally rooted left alternative is now an urgent necessity., argues ROGER McKENZIE
